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Existing cancer drugs can be regenerated to fight certain aggressive cance
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
A group of researchers led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) discovered that a cancer medicine that is currently on the market might be modified to target a subgroup of malignancies that are frequently linked with poor outcomes and lack focused therapy choices.
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Study reveals how melanoma evade immune system, helps in treatments
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Sanford Burnham Prebys' recent study has contributed to the understanding of how melanoma circumvents the immune system and may help in the development of future treatments for the condition. A protein that is known to be active in immune cells is also active inside melanoma cells, the study
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Monitoring T cells might allow prevention of type 1 diabetes: Research
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Scripps Scientists have discovered that analysing a certain type of immune cell in the blood can help identify people at risk of developing type 1 diabetes, a fatal autoimmune illness. If the new approach is verified in future research, it might be used to select potential people for treatme
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New study finds that metal can heal themselves
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
For the first time, scientists have seen metal fragments break, then recombine naturally, challenging tenets of conventional science in the process. Engineering could undergo a revolution if the recently discovered phenomena can be controlled. Self-healing engines, bridges, and aircraft coul
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Study finds new method to reverse effects of fentanyl
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Researchers have discovered a new way to reverse the effects of fentanyl, which is 50 to 100 times stronger than morphine. Their research, which was published in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, could lead to a new method of reversing overdoses, either through a new product or by working
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Astronomers discover magnetic activity plays key role in exoplanet habitab
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Astronomers have discovered evidence that some stars have unusually powerful surface magnetic fields, a finding that contradicts existing conceptions of how stars grow.
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Study discovers key function for tight junctions in embryo models
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Researchers at Gladstone Institutes' iPS Cell Research Centre discovered that tight connections between cells play an important role in gastrulation in human embryos. The study was published in Developmental Cell.
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Study provides new insights into opposite effects of RNase treatment
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Multiple organ inflammation is a hallmark of systemic autoimmune disorders, which can have disastrous effects on patients. Treatments for these disorders are desperately needed. In some clinical trials, RNase therapies appear promising, but not in all. The causes of this variability have bee
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New genes found that contribute to deadly heart defect: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Researchers have discovered new genes that contribute to hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), a rare, life-threatening cardiac condition that occurs in neonates, by identifying genes in patients and studying their effects in fruit flies.
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Five-year survival rate for children with acute lymphatic leukemia has inc
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The five-year survival rate for all children with acute lymphatic leukaemia (ALL) has risen to 94 per cent. A study of 800 Dutch youngsters demonstrates this. Modified treatment procedures for four subgroups were investigated in the research. The changes were discovered to have a favourable
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Reprogramming shape of virus capsids may advance biomedicine: Research
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Bioengineers have discovered a way to programme the size and form of virus particles by combining viral protein building blocks with DNA templates.
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5-aminolevulinic acid may aid in the treatment of mitochondrial disorders
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo Metropolitan University researchers discovered that 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) aids in the bypass of deficiencies in Complex I (CI), the first of a series of protein complexes that transport electrons and help power the mitochondria. They discovered that when fruit flies lacking the
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